ZURBviews by Bryan Zmijewski

Surprise your Audience - Send them a Newsletter new It takes more than just great imagery to get noticed. For designers, newsletters can create relationships, increase your "value" and build your personal brand. Promote yourself and your ideas through words as well as images. "Webmaster"—It's Cool Again Webmaster might be a better term to use than "Web Designer". Words Speak Louder than Pictures Creating a web portfolio? Don't forget the content...

Context by Aycan Gulez

Gray Text Revisited Some web designers who use LCD screens wrongly believe that decreasing the contrast of the black text will actually make the text easier to read because it is not "painfully" sharp anymore. While CRTs can display the grayscale perfectly with infinite intensity levels, LCDs can't, and that is the root of the problem. Why Playing on your Web Site is a Bad Idea With the proliferation of Flash, an increasing number of web sites have started to play music in the background, or more appropriately a few second long sound loops. Here are four reasons as to why playing music on your web site is a bad idea. Has Your Web Designer Ever Heard of Contrast? Learn why gray text, the most recent web design annoyance is popping up everywhere; also learn what you can do to make your text look better other than making it darker. New Generation Web Design Annoyances They may be 'cool', but are they useful? How to Get Apache, PHP, and MySQL Up and Running If you have no idea where to start or need some help on how to install, configure and tweak these great tools, this 3-part hands-on article will guide you before you get lost in manuals. Top Five Reasons For Limiting Flash Use Are web designers aware of the problems introduced by Flash as well as the benefits? A top five list on why you should think twice when you want to add Flash to your web site. Web's Most Overused Graphic Techniques Revealed Since the early days of the web, there has been always a popular graphic design trend. First, drop shadows dominated the Internet, then inner bevels, and now scan lines. Web Designer's Worst Nightmare: Netscape 4.x Learn why it is so painful and time consuming to design web pages for Netscape that look as good as in IE, especially when you are designing complex pages. A Pilot Study on Factors Affecting the Usability of Web Sites A quasi-experiment measuring how organization of content affects the usability of web sites.

dotTech by Ken Wilson
	I Love JSP Custom Tags! Custom Tags allow you to remove that messy Java code from the JSP and move it into classes so that your HTML coders can code the HTML, and the Java coders can code the Java. Privacy On The Web: Why Every Site Should Implement a Privacy Policy The proverbial wind is blowing towards federal legislation that will make a privacy policy not just a good idea, but also the law.

Pixel Pages by Daisey Kondziola

From Crayons to Pixels... I consider myself lucky to have known since childhood what I wanted to be when I grew up. Granted, they didn't have web designers back then... but I knew whatever it was, it was going to be colorful and visual and creative. 51% If you had to be 51% of one thing and 49% of the other, how would you rate yourself as designer vs. programmer. 12-step Commute Work from home - All work is performed in a 100% telecommuting WAN environment allowing you to live anywhere in either the U.S. or Canada.

Feed Your Talent by Carole Guevin
	Introduction Somebody once said that a *talent* is anything you succeed at doing the first time around. Don't Kid Yourself You're blessed - you've been at it for a while - but being truly honest with yourself - your work is reaching a repetitive status. Why?